Daily+Agendas+-+February+2013

=Daily Agendas -- February 2013=

[ 02.28.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: look over your vocab words (lists 01, 02, and 03) in preparation for BLUFF.
 * BLUFF
 * Work time for utopia project
 * Homework:
 * Study vocab -- quiz tomorrow (For five bonus points, make flash cards with the word, definition, and part of speech)
 * Current event due tomorrow

[ 02.27.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Dystopia because..." -- In your opinion, what exactly makes the world of //Fahrenheit 451// a dystopia? What's wrong with that society? Describe/explain in detail.
 * Introduce and begin working on utopia project
 * Homework:
 * Continue working on utopia project -- discuss responsibilities in teams
 * Current event due Friday
 * Vocab Quiz 03 Friday

[ 02.26.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: Get out your //Fahrenheit 451// book and open your discussion questions so that you are ready to begin our Paideia discussion.
 * Fahrenheit 451 Paideia discussion
 * Homework:
 * Vocab slides due tomorrow
 * Current event due Friday
 * Vocab Quiz 03 Friday

[ 02.25.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "//F451//reactions and questions" -- Answer both parts:
 * What are your reactions now that you've finished the novel? Did you like the ending? Why/why not? Did it make you happy, sad, angry, or something else entirely? Explain.
 * Brainstorm 3-5 questions related to the novel that you would like to discuss. These can be questions about things you would like clarified, or open-ended discussion questions.
 * Vocab List 03
 * Brainstorm and share big ideas for "Burning Bright"
 * Share questions in groups, then with class
 * Homework:
 * Choose three Fahrenheit 451 discussion questions and respond in one TPEEA paragraph each on Google Drive
 * Vocab slides due Wednesday
 * Current event due Friday
 * Vocab quiz Friday

[ 02.21.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: review your vocab words (both list 01 and 02) in preparation for today's quiz.
 * Vocab Quiz 02
 * Brainstorm themes ("big ideas") for the first two sections of Fahrenheit 451
 * Share current events
 * Homework:
 * Be at school no later than 9:00 tomorrow -- bus leaves for //Death of a Salesman// at 9:10
 * Finish //F451// for Monday and complete a bookmark

[ 02.20.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: look over your vocab words (both list 01 and 02) in preparation for BLUFF.
 * BLUFF
 * Finish discussing jigsaw summary
 * Homework: study vocab list 02 -- QUIZ TOMORROW

[ 02.19.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Fahrenheit 451// section titles" -- Why do you think Bradbury chose to title the sections of //Fahrenheit// as he did -- "The Hearth and the Salamander" and "The Sieve and the Sand"? What relationship/significance do these titles have to the content or themes of the novel?
 * Create jigsaw summary of "The Hearth and the Salamander" and "The Sieve and the Sand" -- Using All-Write Round Robin, each team brainstorms three key events from their section with reasoning.
 * "The Hearth and the Salamander"
 * Team 1: pg. 3-25
 * Team 2: pg. 26-48
 * Team 3: pg. 49-68
 * "The Sieve and the Sand"
 * Team 4: pg. 71-84
 * Team 5: pg. 85-98
 * Team 6: pg. 99-110
 * Continue reading Fahrenheit 451
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 136-145 (to "...where he was walking now") and create bookmark
 * Vocab Quiz 02 on THURSDAY

[ 02.15.2013 ]
Raleigh field trip, day two
 * Complete activities listed under Raleigh Field Trip Day Two
 * Share Literary Valentines
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 125-136 (to "...down toward the river.") and complete bookmark (due Tuesday)
 * Current event due next Tuesday (02.19)

[ 02.14.2013 ]
Raleigh field trip, day one
 * Complete activities listed under Raleigh Field Trip Day One
 * Work on Literary Valentines
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 125-136 (to "...down toward the river.") and complete bookmark (due Tuesday)
 * Current event due next Tuesday (02.19)

[ 02.13.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Dover Beach, continued" -- Look back at "Dover Beach" again. What phrases and/or lines of this poem seem to relate to //Fahrenheit 451//? Explain your choices in detail.
 * Finish discussing "Dover Beach"
 * Discuss "Screen Time" data
 * Personal reflection freewrite -- Examine your data, then answer the following questions:
 * How often do you use different technologies in an average week? What do you use them for?
 * Are there any uses of technology that you structure your day around (other than school)? Explain why or why not.
 * What technology uses would you be willing to stop? Which are most important to you?
 * What's your total level of "screen time"? Are you surprised by this? Do you think it is healthy? Explain.
 * Overall, what thoughts do you have after collecting your "screen time" data?
 * Share reflections in teams and as a class
 * Compare/contrast with technology use in Fahrenheit 451
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 125-136 (to "...down toward the river.") and complete bookmark (due Tuesday)
 * Current event due next Tuesday (02.19)

[ 02.12.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Dover Beach" -- Read "Dover Beach" (the poem that Montag recites to Millie and her friends) and freewrite about your initial reactions to the poem.
 * Read and discuss "Dover Beach"
 * Read and freewrite (round two)
 * What do you like/dislike about this poem? Why?
 * What literary techniques (e.g. simile, metaphor, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, rhyme) do you notice? What do they add to the poem?
 * Freewrite about similarities/differences with Fahrenheit 451 -- What aspects of the poem seem to fit with what we've read in the novel so far?
 * Freewrite on the following question: Why might Bradbury have chosen to include this particular poem? Why not something else?
 * Continue reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 113-125 (to "...into the air, continuing their search.") and complete a bookmark for this section
 * EXTRA CREDIT: Watch/listen to the State of the Union address tonight at 9:00 PM (on any major network, YouTube, whitehouse.gov, or public radio) and write a MLA-formatted two-page reflective response in which you summarize the speech and explain your reactions to it (e.g. whether you agreed/disagreed with its content, whether you found President Obama to be an effective public speaker, etc). Complete your reflection in Google Drive. This assignment is due Tuesday and will be worth 200 points. No late work will be accepted, and any submissions not meeting the requirements will not be graded.
 * Vocab slides due tomorrow
 * Current event due next Tuesday (02.19)

[ 02.11.2013 ]

 * Mini-lesson: Vocab List 02
 * Assemble vocab words from Fahrenheit 451 pg. 80-100
 * Share bookmarks (reactions, connections, and questions)
 * Continue reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 100-110 (finish "The Sieve and the Sand") and complete bookmark
 * Vocab slides due Wednesday
 * Current event due next Tuesday (02.19)

[ 02.08.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: look over your vocab words one last time before the quiz. We will begin as soon as attendance is taken.
 * Vocab quiz 01
 * Share current events
 * Homework:
 * Read Fahrenheit 451pg. 80-100 (up to "Mrs. Phelps was crying.")
 * Complete bookmark
 * Choose two vocab words
 * Screen Time data due Monday

[ 02.07.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: look over your vocab words in preparation for BLUFF.
 * BLUFF
 * PWT for current events (or continue reading)
 * Homework:
 * Study vocab list 01 (quiz tomorrow!)
 * Finish your current event
 * Read //F451// pg. 80-100 (up to "Mrs. Phelps was crying.") -- due Monday with bookmark
 * Screen Time data due Monday

[ 02.06.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Fahrenheit 451// vs. //Anthem//" -- What similarities and differences have you noticed between the societies of these two novels? Be as specific as possible, and explain in detail.
 * Compare Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem using Venn Diagram and discuss
 * Introduce bookmark assignment
 * Continue reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 71-80 (up to "The train vanished in its hole") and create bookmark
 * Current event due Friday
 * "Screen Time" data due Monday

[ 02.05.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: open your literacy circle notes and be ready to discuss.
 * Hold literacy circle discussions in groups
 * PWT for vocab slides or current event
 * Reassign literacy circle roles and continue reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 63-68 (i.e. finish "The Hearth and the Salamander")
 * Vocab slides due tomorrow
 * Current event due Friday
 * "Screen Time" data due Monday

[ 02.04.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Fahrenheit 451//vocab list 01" -- Define as many of the following words as you can. If you don't know a word, make an educated guess. Do NOT look them up.
 * Condemnation
 * Heresy
 * Jargon
 * Multifaceted
 * Odious
 * Proclivity
 * Proboscis
 * Mini-lesson: Fahrenheit 451 vocab list 01 -- take notes on flash cards
 * Introduce vocab slides assignment
 * Introduce "Screen Time" assignment (data table shared in "RWWS student documents" folder on Google Drive)
 * Reassign literacy circle roles and continue reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 53-63 (up to "He turned and went out through the open door.")
 * Vocab slides due Wednesday
 * Current event due Friday
 * "Screen Time" data table due Monday (02.11)

[ 02.01.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: Have your current event opened and ready to share
 * Share current events (with groups, then with class)
 * Continue reading Fahrenheit 451
 * Homework: read //F451// pg. 42-53 (up to "...Captain Beatty strolled in, his hands in his pockets.")